Voting in the upcoming midterm election is simple. We don’t need to be inundated with mailers and TV/internet ads — not knowing what to believe is true. The American people can see it for themselves.

Just walk through a grocery store and look at rising food prices due to 40-year high inflation. Endless empty shelves are a result of supply chain disruptions and labor shortages.

Energy costs are at the highest levels in decades and continue to soar. Gas prices at the pump are more than double what they were a few years ago under Trump.

Our country is in an energy crisis, but Biden refuses to increase domestic energy production when we have an abundance of natural resources under our own soil. The countries we depend on for energy do not share our same values and interests. They use our dependency as leverage militarily and geopolitically, further threatening our national security.

Watching the nightly local news exposes record levels of violent crime increasing at alarming rates across the country. We are losing our cities to crime under Democrat leadership and the absence of law and order. We also have a crisis at our southern border with criminals and terrorists pouring through at record-breaking numbers.

American’s 401K’s are on a downward spiral as the stock market continues in a negative direction due to inflation and lack of confidence in the state of our country.

Before voting, ask yourself the simple question: “How are things going under today’s Democratic leadership?”

MELISSA REED

Wyomissing

Submitted by Virtual Newsroom